Cloudflare, Platform Engineering, and Opportunities with Matt Boyle

Matt Boyle is an Engineering Manager for Cloudflare based out of London. His team's goal is to create tools that increase the productivity and efficiency of other engineers. He is the author of “Domain-Driven Design with Golang” and speaks about his experience and motivation for writing the book. In this episode Matt takes us through his journey through the tech industry. 

00:00 Introduction 

03:30 What is Matt Doing Today?

12:20 First Memory of a Computer

17:20 Education in the United Kingdom

23:30 First Programming Class  

27:20 First Tech Jobs

32:30 Moving to Platform Engineering

42:30 Moving to a Startup

45:40 Becoming a Full Stack Engineer

51:20 Gaining Interest in Go

58:50 Applying to Cloudflare  

1:03:20 Taking Opportunities and AI

1:13:00 Matt’s Book

1:22:45 Contact Info

Connect with Matt: 

Matt’s Site:  https://mattjamesboyle.com/

Mentioned in today’s episode:

Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/

Matt’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Domain-Driven-Design-Golang-maintainable-business-ebook/dp/B0BNJ8KHYN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NBJWXOCW6RGQ&keywords=domain+driven+design+golang&qid=1671189939&sprefix=domain+driven+design+golang%2Caps%2C294&sr=8-1%E2%80%A6

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